Nice suggestion Michael, that is probably the only non VFP9 solution mentioned so far. :) To make it even more integrated, rather than shellexecute, I'd probably use the internet explorer activex object embedded on a vfp form and just link to the created pdf. That'd be pretty cool. :)
At 02:26 PM 12/05/2008, you wrote: >Steve Ellenoff wrote: > > A user was complaining the other day about the report preview being a > > Modal window (of course they didn't use that term), and I got to > > thinking if there's any way to make vfp's report preview window > > non-modal. Having never investigated this before, does anyone know of > > ways to do this, in older versions of VFP and/or VFP9? > > > > Thanks- > > Steve > > >Hi Steve, > >No, sorry, I can't think of a way with the native viewer, but here's >what I'd do since I've got a couple 3rd party apps like eReports and >XFRX: I'd use those to create a PDF and then just launch the resulting >PDF via ShellExecute so it's in its own process and hence modeless. ;-) > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
